Everybody step back: the programmers are entering the building. Without the need for formal leadership, folks are self-organizing hackathons to help build digital tools for the Occupy Wall Street movement this weekend. So far, events are planned in...
Also published on HuffingtonPost Nate Silver had a great piece in the Times over the weekend, looking at how clashes with police seem to have driven mainstream media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests (a classic example of the principle of...
If you’re into reading legislation yourself (zzzzzzz), the House Rules committee has now published the text of the proposed budget deal in both PDF and XML formats — apparently, the committee staff stayed up late to take care of the...
Last night’s dueling Obama/Boehner speeches settled at least one matter: when the President asks people to contact Congress, Congress can’t handle it: Monday night and Tuesday morning checks of the websites of House Speaker John Boehner...
Hi folks, be sure to check out Kate Kaye’s ClickZ article on internet politics in the Wisconsin recall elections. First, because it’s a good piece with plenty of detail on what DFA and the PCCC did to mobilize their online supporters...
If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out Sandi Fox’s article on the new advocacy platform PopVox, published on Epolitics.com yesterday. I’m fascinated by this new tool, which I think has some crucial advantages over related ideas...
This article originally appeared on Smart As A Fox on March 7, 2011. See also Sandi’s previous pieces on A Politician’s Role in the Twitterverse here, here and here, as well as a few more thoughts about PopVox. POPVOX: The Newest...
Be inspired! And learn how social media tools helped people to overcome psychological barriers to acting against the government, to report human rights violations, to counter official messages, to collaborate and ultimately to overthrow an...
Howdy y’all, Tuesday’s Digital Politics Radio discussion on the internet and social media’s role in Egypt and Tunisia is now online; check it out below (my interview is segments 3 and 4). For more on the topic, check out the list...
Update: New stories added 3/8/2011 As mentioned earlier, I’ll be on Digital Politics Radio at 3:30 Eastern this afternoon to discuss the role of the internet and social media in the North African revolutions. In addition to Epolitics...